Author: Mick21

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:40 pm

Hi, new here, I have a bad back which I used to self medicate with weed. then I got married had kids and went to a doctor, after finally getting a diagnosis I was Given opiods from a pain management place, which I had trouble controlling so they made me switch to fentynal patches, which worked great except that I used the old patch as well, that was at 125mcg. It took 6 months but I was so scared of my old patch use I dropped it and followed doctors orders. Now I am using just the one patch every 48 hrs after going through some pretty bad wd’s. I also decided a few months later I no longer want to be on fentynal and have been dropping 25 mcg each month, I was still getting sick from wd’s when following docs orders and my back was better. I am now at 75 mcg. My withdrawals seem to come after 20 days and last about a week. At first I didn’t think I was going to have wd’s from 125 to 100. And it was weird how it took 20 days to hit, but they were relatively mild only on the last day did my legs get bad and only for a few hours. So, now I switch to 50mcg in 10 days and am currently going though mild wd’s for the 100 to 75 switch. Had a bad spell where my lips went numb and I got dizzy and thought I was having a stroke, but it seems it was the beginnings of my wd’s from 100 to 75. sorry for the long story but I was wondering if switching to sub would be a good idea and when and how do I do it? My doc wants me To keep dropping 25 till I get to 12.5 for a month. My back pain is at the same level at 75 as it was at 125 so I’m good there but if it gets worse I may be stuck, but would still rather not be on fentynal. Any advice or suggestions. I have given in and just want my life back.